VACUUM in a Sentence

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For VACUUM, below is one of 14 sentences:
The latest Japanese vacuum cleaners contain sensors that detect the amount of dust and type of floor.

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 Meanings and Examples of VACUUM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
vacuum
 n.  empty area or space; a space from which most or all of the matter has been removed
 n.  electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
Classic Sentence:
1  It was as if the whole thing took place in a vacuum.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  People are unlearning certain things, and they do well, provided that, while unlearning them they learn this: There is no vacuum in the human heart.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XI—END OF THE PETIT-PICPUS
Example Sentence:
1  He could also learn to use the vacuum cleaner, the washing machine and other household appliances.
2  Sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum.
3  The vacuum cleaner has various attachments.
4  The latest Japanese vacuum cleaners contain sensors that detect the amount of dust and type of floor.
5  His presence should fill the power vacuum which has been developing over the past few days.
6  She was quick to fill the power vacuum that was left by the sudden death of the managing director.
7  Other gases rush in to fill the vacuum.
8  A vacuum flask keeps cool drinks cool and hot drinks hot.
9  The vacuum inside the tube caused it to implode when the external air pressure was increased.
10  The withdrawal of troops from the area has created a security vacuum which will need to be filled.
11  The writer criticized the moral vacuum in society.
12  In the meantime, though, there is a policy vacuum.